different between allocate vs allocute

English

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin allocare, from ad- (“to”) + locus (“place”), plus Latinate English suffix +? -ate. Compare allocable, without the -ate.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?l'?-k?t, IPA^(key): /?æl.?.ke?t/

Verb

allocate (third-person singular simple present allocates, present participle allocating, simple past and past participle allocated)

1. To set aside for a purpose.
2. To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to.

   The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.

3. (computing) To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.

Synonyms

• (set aside for a purpose): appropriate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart

Antonyms

• (reserve a section of memory): free, deallocate

Related terms

• allocable

Translations

Italian

Verb

allocate

1. second-person plural present indicative of allocare
2. second-person plural imperative of allocare
3. feminine plural of allocato

Latin

Verb

alloc?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of alloc?

English

Verb

allocute (third-person singular simple present allocutes, present participle allocuting, simple past and past participle allocuted)

1. (chiefly US, law) To make an allocution.
   • 2007 May 11, Mark Hamblett, "Attorney Couple Plead Guilty to Insider Trading," New York Law Journal (retrieved from law.com, 10 May 2008):

     Ms. Collotta had to be steadied several times by her lawyers as she allocuted to the facts on the Macromedia deal and admitted to taking part in a larger conspiracy.

Anagrams

• loculate

Latin

Participle

alloc?te

1. vocative masculine singular of alloc?tus